Showing posts with label 1876. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1876. Show all posts
Sunday, February 10, 2019
Tinklepaugh & King
Third line down ears = cars maybe??
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Sunday, January 07, 2018
10 August 1876.
--Paxton Weekly Record. 10 August 1876.
I could not find a stone in FAG for any Kenward buried in 1876 in Lyman Township Cemetery.
Monday, January 01, 2018
Saturday, December 23, 2017
24 February 1876
Obituary. Son of Frank Bastian. Buried Lyman Township Cemetery.
. . . A little son of Mr. Frank Bastian was buried on Sunday last, whose death was caused by a fall on the ice some three weeks since, striking on his forehead thereby injuring his brain, which terminated in death.
Friday, September 01, 2017
Anderson & Campbell Bricks
--Ford County Blade. 29 July 1876.
--Paxton Weekly Record. 31 August 1876.
Sunday, January 08, 2017
Early Days in Lyman #12
EARLY DAYS IN THE TOWN OF LYMAN
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
by Bela Foster
Continuing . . .
In 1876 the weather was wet and the roads were muddy but people got around enough to be excited about the coming election. Charles Pierce was a strong republican. He lived across the road from the Fairley farm. He was quite excitable. There were many green-backers here and a few democrats. It was fun for the boys when they saw Mr. Pierce to "Hurrah for Peter Cooper." They were sure to start something and also to get a political speech. Mr. Pierce was injured at a railway crossing at Terre Haute, Indiana, and died soon after. Mr. Pierce had three sons and one daughter. I visited the homes of two of his sons near Milford in 1895. The have since died, so has their mother. One son Charles, and his sister, Mrs. Wm. Dale lived near Terre Haute, at that time.
(Editorial note: We believe that one of those sons visits Roberts frequently. If we are not mistaken he asked us a few years ago to locate the farm on which he was born so that he might visit his birthplace. We also believe that he has been in the Herald office within the past month. -- The Editor).
John Bunker came to Lyman township about the time Roberts was started. I remember seeing him help to put a smokestack on the Meserve elevator. They had a long beam standing on end and Mr. Bunker was atop of it. The beam was guyed and so was Mr. Bunker (by the crowd). Mr. Bunker did much work over the township. He graded many roads and cut ditches. He was a sailor and a civil war veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Bunker had two sons and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Bunker have passed to their reward. One son and daughter live in North Dakota; one son in western Wisconsin. One daughter, Mrs. Luella Fairly live in Lyman Township.
Albert M. Haling was born near Hartford, Connecticut. He was highly educated and understood political organization. He came here when the quality was needed. A fluent talker he could adjust himself to people of any age with interest to the listeners. He was considered wealthy but was a common man among men. I knew him from my boyhood days. I worked for him and received good wages and his thanks which meant much to me in those days. I herded cattle for him riding the horse that his daughter Kate had saved from the fire several years before. He held public office nearly all the time after Lyman township was organized. He served one term in Congress from the Eighteenth Congressional District. Mr. and Mrs. Haling and their daughter Amelia and James Love, a boy they raised moved to Nebraska in 1882. From there they went to Roseland, Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Haling died there. Amelia married James Love and several years ago they moved to Los Angeles, California. They have two children. We hear from them occasionally. Mrs. Love is the only survivor of the Haling family. She and I started school at the same time. Our teacher was Mrs. Mary Ayer. She lived on what is now the Remsburg farm. They moved from here soon after she taught school here.
A. C. Maxson moved here in 1858 from Connecticut. His brother-in-law, Mr. Pierson came here and selected the northwest quarter of section fourteen for himself and Mr. Maxson. He erected the home on the Maxson farm.
--1884 Lyman Township Plat
When Mr. Maxson came Mr. Pierson returned to the east. Mr. Maxson was a sailor having made many trips over the briney deep. His family consisted of his wife and two girls when he came here. One daughter and three sons were born here. Bertha (Maxson) Ward of Bloomington is one of the oldest living persons born in Lyman township. Miss Effie Maxson still lives here. Her oldest sister lives in New York. Arthur, the oldest boy, lives in Indiana. The younger boys are dead. Pierson died a few months ago and Wilbur several years ago. He left a widow and daughter who live in Iowa.
I remember Mr. Maxson from my childhood days. When I was a child he was quite a magnet to me. As I grew older he became dearer to me. Not only he but the whole family were among my best friends. Will and I were the closest of friends. He was always so obliging. the boys were all so very courteous. I never had money to jingle in my pockets therefore when one was kind to me I knew it was not for lucre. That is a blessing the rich cannot enjoy.
--Roberts Herald. 29 May 1935. Bela Foster.
(Editorial note: We believe that one of those sons visits Roberts frequently. If we are not mistaken he asked us a few years ago to locate the farm on which he was born so that he might visit his birthplace. We also believe that he has been in the Herald office within the past month. -- The Editor).
John Bunker came to Lyman township about the time Roberts was started. I remember seeing him help to put a smokestack on the Meserve elevator. They had a long beam standing on end and Mr. Bunker was atop of it. The beam was guyed and so was Mr. Bunker (by the crowd). Mr. Bunker did much work over the township. He graded many roads and cut ditches. He was a sailor and a civil war veteran. Mr. and Mrs. Bunker had two sons and two daughters. Mr. and Mrs. Bunker have passed to their reward. One son and daughter live in North Dakota; one son in western Wisconsin. One daughter, Mrs. Luella Fairly live in Lyman Township.
Albert M. Haling was born near Hartford, Connecticut. He was highly educated and understood political organization. He came here when the quality was needed. A fluent talker he could adjust himself to people of any age with interest to the listeners. He was considered wealthy but was a common man among men. I knew him from my boyhood days. I worked for him and received good wages and his thanks which meant much to me in those days. I herded cattle for him riding the horse that his daughter Kate had saved from the fire several years before. He held public office nearly all the time after Lyman township was organized. He served one term in Congress from the Eighteenth Congressional District. Mr. and Mrs. Haling and their daughter Amelia and James Love, a boy they raised moved to Nebraska in 1882. From there they went to Roseland, Louisiana. Mr. and Mrs. Haling died there. Amelia married James Love and several years ago they moved to Los Angeles, California. They have two children. We hear from them occasionally. Mrs. Love is the only survivor of the Haling family. She and I started school at the same time. Our teacher was Mrs. Mary Ayer. She lived on what is now the Remsburg farm. They moved from here soon after she taught school here.
A. C. Maxson moved here in 1858 from Connecticut. His brother-in-law, Mr. Pierson came here and selected the northwest quarter of section fourteen for himself and Mr. Maxson. He erected the home on the Maxson farm.
--1884 Lyman Township Plat
When Mr. Maxson came Mr. Pierson returned to the east. Mr. Maxson was a sailor having made many trips over the briney deep. His family consisted of his wife and two girls when he came here. One daughter and three sons were born here. Bertha (Maxson) Ward of Bloomington is one of the oldest living persons born in Lyman township. Miss Effie Maxson still lives here. Her oldest sister lives in New York. Arthur, the oldest boy, lives in Indiana. The younger boys are dead. Pierson died a few months ago and Wilbur several years ago. He left a widow and daughter who live in Iowa.
I remember Mr. Maxson from my childhood days. When I was a child he was quite a magnet to me. As I grew older he became dearer to me. Not only he but the whole family were among my best friends. Will and I were the closest of friends. He was always so obliging. the boys were all so very courteous. I never had money to jingle in my pockets therefore when one was kind to me I knew it was not for lucre. That is a blessing the rich cannot enjoy.
--Roberts Herald. 29 May 1935. Bela Foster.
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Neiting Grove . . . never heard of that.
Neiting Grove. Just outside of Roberts. Looks like the road we took to the farm. Near the Musson's and Lloyd Flessner's place. Was the grove that we know so large that it extended several miles outside of Roberts?
A church in 1876 in Section 34.
I believe the middle small building is a church . . . located on section 34 in Lyman Township from this 1876 atlas.
The Lake Shore District
Many of the early articles in Roberts' history refer to this as "the Lake Shore District." And here is why. Looks like the Arnold Farm and Lester and Ida Weber are in the Lake Shore District. Our farm was surrounded by drainage ditches.
A new map I found today.
--ATLAS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 1876.
I found this map today at the library. Neiting Grove . . . don't think I have ever run across that name. Beeset [sic] Grove on this map is still a station. Which I think means a train station or depot is still located there in 1876. And the Lake Shore District in Section 8, 7 and 6 is a "Lake" in this atlas. At one time this must have been a very significant body of water. Lots of schools also. And a church in Section 27.
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